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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Will Unwin

From rock-bottom to World Cup force: Sweden provide life-affirming message

Alexander Isak
Sweden’s Alexander Isak feels the love in Monterrey. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Fifa/Getty Images

MERRY POTTER

A broken leg, surgery, working for David Sullivan, being sacked by David Sullivan, to say things had looked bleak for Sweden’s main men during the Premier League season is an understatement. Alexander Isak and Graham Potter were at a low ebb; the former failed to live up to his record-breaking £125m move to Liverpool, unable to find fitness nor form, ending the campaign with a pitiful four goals in 22 games having never got going at Anfield. Potter was churned out by West Ham in September, deemed unfit to lead the team forward, a low moment for anyone at the London Stadium. In fairness, the team was doomed regardless and while he is leading a team to a 5-1 thrashing of Tunisia at the Geopolitics World Cup, the Hammers are planning for life in the Championship and Sullivan is no longer co-chair.

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